Man&#39;s garment.



J. C. STRAUSS.

MAN'S GARMENT,

APPLICATION FILED JULY13,1910.

Patented Feb. 11, 1913.

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MAN'S GARMENT.

APPLICATXONFILEDJULX13.1910.

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MANS GARMENT.

Specification of Letters Patent,

Patented Feb. 11,1913.

Application filed July 13, 1910. Serial No. 571,673.

' To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JULIUS C. STRAUSS, a citizen of the United States, residing at the city of St. Louis, State of Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Mens Garments, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

Suspensories are worn mostly by athletes, gymnasts, ball players, horseback riders,etc., when they are taking their particular kind of exercise. The bay of the suspensory is supported from a belt that extends around the waist of the wearer, but, as is often the case, the belt slips downwardly and not only allows the bag to sag too low to be beneficial to the testicles, but becomes very uncomfortable to the wearer.

It is the object of the present invention to provide a garment in which efficient means for supportin the testicles of thewearer is arranged so t at the above-mentioned objectionable features are obviated.

The garment is particularly intended to be worn as an undergarment by every man, and affords a means for supporting the testicles. of the wearer at all times.

In the accompanying drawings forming part ofthis specification, like numbers of reference denote like parts wherever they occur, and Figure 1 is a perspective view of a garment embodying this invention; Fig. 2 is a top plan view ofthe same; and Fig. 3 is a vertical sectional view.

\Vhile a pair of drawers 1 that may be of any length or style is depicted in the drawings to illustrate this invention, yet it should be understood that a union suit can be substituted therefor without departing from the spirit of this invention.

The bag or sack 2, which is designed to support the testicles of the wearer, is preferably formed of material that is soft and strong, and, if desired, can be made of the same kind of material of which the garment is made. The front part of the bag is preferably supported by means of a pair of straps 3, and the rear part of the bag is sup ported by means of a pair of straps 4, each of .said straps being formed of ta e, elastic,

or any other suitable material. he bag 2 may be flat and somewhat triangular in shape, and be provided with an opening 23. The penis of the wearer extends throu 11 said opening and rests in a hammockli e 56 strip 24 that is located on the front side of bag 2. One end of strip 24 is secured by any suitable means to one of the upper corners of bag 2, and the other nd of said strip bears a strap 25 in which button-holes 26 60 and is provided with button-hole 28, which affords a means for attaching same to a button 29 that is secured to the other half 6 of the garment. The lower ends of each rear strap t are fastened to the back cornerof bag 2 and the upper ends of said straps are sewn to the waist of the garment.

I claim:

In combination with a pair of drawers, 9. bag located at the front opening of the drawers, a short elastic substantiallyhorizontal strap secured at one end to the top side of the ba at one end of the latter, the opposite end of said strap being sewed to the adjacent leg of the drawers, a similar short elastic substantially horizontal'strap secured at one end to the top side of the bag at the opposite end of the latter, the opposite end of the last mentioned strap having a button hole, a button on the other drawer leg to be received in said button-hole, the

sides of the bag converging rearwardly, and a pair of long elastic straps each connected at one end in side by side contacting relation to the rear end of said bag, the opposite ends of said long the adjacent respective drawer legs'at the rear portions of the latter, the said opposite ends of the long straps being attached to the One of the 66 straps being sewed to .points of attachment of the short straps tbwitnesses. the drawers and being disposed at poinps drawers at points cbnsiderably above the aflixed my signature in the presence of two substantially in alinement with the JULIUS STRAUSS.

5 of attachment ofthe short straps .Witnssesi drawers. 1 v L. M. Fox,

tespimgny whereof I have hemugto B. KQENIG. 

